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Science | November 5, 1999 | Volume 286, Number 5442

The Moncton Times and Transcript | November 4, 1999 | David Suzuki (Editor's Note: this is the second in a multi-part series on genetically engineered food.) Suzuki writes that right now, about three million hectares of Canadian farmland are growing crops of plants that have been genetically modified by biotechnology. Do such plants pose dangers to us and our ecosystems?

CP Wire | November 3, 1999 | Scott Edmonds WINNIPEG - Canadian Wheat Board president Greg Arason was cited as saying CWB is sinking $1.5 million into a project to develop a high-tech gizmo that could detect genetically modified grain.

IN THE WORLD OF MOLECULAR FARMING, PLANTS ARE LIVING FACTORIES THAT PRODUCE CHEAP DRUGS, PLASTICS, EVEN HUMAN BLOOD PROTEINS. RESEARCHERS HOPE - AND CRITICS FEAR - WE'LL REAP WHAT WE SOW. GLOBE AND MAIL | November 4, 1999 | LEONARD ZEHR, Biotechnology Reporter

Washington Post | November 3, 1999 | by Rick Weiss Genetically engineered corn plants appear to pose only a modest and perhaps insignificant threat to monarch butterflies, according to several new studies described at a scientific symposium Nov. 2.

Reuters | November 5, 1999 WASHINGTON - Some 48 mostly Democratic members of Congress urged federal regulators on Friday to require labels on U.S. foods made with bioengineered ingredients, following the lead of the European Union.

Reuters | November 5, 1999 WASHINGTON - President Clinton Friday strongly defended the wholesomeness of U.S. grains and beef in the face of European Union concerns that the foods pose a threat to human health and the environment.

Eastern Daily Press | November 6, 1999 | By JONATHAN HARTLEY Genetically modified crops being tested in controversial farm-scale trials could enter the human food chain as animal fodder, it emerged last night. As a Norfolk-based biotechnology company last night vowed to win back public confidence, the Government faced fresh controversy over the safety of GM food.